Node Reference rendering

Must say that the more I work with CCK the more I'm loving it. :)

When viewing a node, the Node Reference field is prefixed with the referenced content title put in the brackets.

Example: Content type 'publication' includes a filed called 'Author' from content type 'people'. When viewing Publication you see '(people) Romany'.

Is this by design? Shouldn't Author's title be used instead? Also, wouldn't avoiding <ul> allow for a greater flexibility? Comma separated list maybe?

Roman